'Right off the Reel!',

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MSS 21950-1C.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004261185
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000261185
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1913 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • viii, 389 ff. (bound in two volumes) ; 250 x 200 mm. Cloth over boards.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

'Right off the reel! Some angling yarns by various spinners, with sketches by one of them ... (Caersws: Vernon, Challoner & Algernon Limited, 1913)', manuscript reminiscences, with pen-and-ink drawings, written in facetious, entertaining style by 'the Colonel' [Colonel Massey Spencer, Caersws, co. Montgomery]. The names 'Vernon', 'Challoner' and 'Algernon' probably refer to Vernon Bradley, William George Cleeton and Leslie Bowen respectively, all of Caersws (see NLW MS 21950C, f. i).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 21950-1C.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).

Custodial History

Pasted-in photograph [?of the colonel] labelled 'Yours faithfully The Colonel' (f. iv). Presented by the author to the Rev. James Stuckley Darbyshire Roberts [father of Prys Darbyshire-Robert], The Weeg, Caersws, then curate of Llanwnog with Caersws (f. v).

Additional Information

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